Camping says that God will be turning a deaf ear to all those calls of repentance once he gets the rapture rolling, but at least we'll be able to get a head start on the looting here in the latter time zones!

Well, if the end of the world really is nigh, there ought to be some documentation of it for future generations. Oh, wait. There won't be any future generations. Still. It stand to reason. I mean, if hundreds of years from now, space aliens or something visit the charred remains of our post-Ap...

I identified as a Fundamentalist Christian for most of my life, so I've years of indoctrination adding pressure to my hindbrain.
I've had those twinges; more frequently as the day draws closer. They echo those that spring on me late at night when the house is quiet, the twinges that prod me to wonder if hell is real and to picture my children burning because I allowed myself to be led astray.
Rationality eventually wins out, but it speaks to the power of these superstitions that there's ever a moment of doubt. The fear might be wearing a clown suit, but it still exists.

So I have something embarrassing to admit. With all the talk about the Rapture that's supposedly coming on May 21? With all the Rapture parties, the snarky jokes, the atheist conferences around the country specifically scheduled on Rapture Weekend for the purpose of making fun of it? There is a...